The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 |
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... with much dexterity and skill . There are many species of wasps , some of which unite into societies , VOL . II . B and others spend their lives in perfect solitude . But VOL IL No Page 39 On the wonderful Ingenuity of Wasps.
... with much dexterity and skill . There are many species of wasps , some of which unite into societies , VOL . II . B and others spend their lives in perfect solitude . But VOL IL No Page 39 On the wonderful Ingenuity of Wasps.
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... lives in perfect solitude . But I shall confine my attention to the operations of the common associating wasp , an ... live entirely on rapine and destruction . They kill and devour every insect that is inferior to them in strength ...
... lives in perfect solitude . But I shall confine my attention to the operations of the common associating wasp , an ... live entirely on rapine and destruction . They kill and devour every insect that is inferior to them in strength ...
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... live insects , which they sometimes carry entire to the nest ; but they generally transport the abdomen or belly only others pillage butchers ? stalls , from which they often arrive with a piece of meat larger than the half of their own ...
... live insects , which they sometimes carry entire to the nest ; but they generally transport the abdomen or belly only others pillage butchers ? stalls , from which they often arrive with a piece of meat larger than the half of their own ...
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... live his whole time , if possible , in daylight , and to re- tire out of the world into silence and sleep , while the raw damps and unwholesome vapours fly abroad , without a sun to disperse , moderate , or control them . For my own ...
... live his whole time , if possible , in daylight , and to re- tire out of the world into silence and sleep , while the raw damps and unwholesome vapours fly abroad , without a sun to disperse , moderate , or control them . For my own ...
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... live in large cities , 1 Milton , in these inexpressibly charming lines , had his eye , no doubt , on a passage in the Song of Solomon : ' Come , my beloved , let us go forth into the field : let us lodge in the villages : let us get up ...
... live in large cities , 1 Milton , in these inexpressibly charming lines , had his eye , no doubt , on a passage in the Song of Solomon : ' Come , my beloved , let us go forth into the field : let us lodge in the villages : let us get up ...
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